Sources SoughtPosted Aug 30, 2024·Responses due Sep 5, 2024

6525--Digital Pathology Solution, STL, 657-24-2-8543-0058 (VA-24-00056286)

Veterans Affairs · 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541519
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C25524Q0361
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
6525
Place
Not stated
Contact
Tim Fitzgerald (timothy.fitzgerald@va.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25524Q0361 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 30, 2024 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Dec 6, 2024
    Award Notice
    FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. · $662K
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

DESCRIPTION THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/SOURCES SOUGHT The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the requirements described below. This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to th… (show all)

is Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) Unique Entity ID (UEI) (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. The VA Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking a potential qualified contractor to provide digital pathology systems for the Saint Louis, MO VAMC. Please see the statement of work/performance work statement on following pages. NAICS Code: 541519, Other Computer Related Services $34.0M. Product Supply Code (PSC): 6525, Imaging Equipment and Supplies: Medical, Dental, Veterinary Important information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. Currently a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms is anticipated based on the Veterans Administration requirement with Public Law 109-461, Section 8127 Veterans Benefit Act. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541519, Other Computer Related Services. The small business size standard is $34.0M. Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM located on the web at www.sam.gov). Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Small Business Administration s Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Registry located at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov). All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail: to timothy.fitzgerald@va.gov. All information submissions should be received no later than 12PM CST on September 05, 2024. After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation will be published.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)), same NAICS 541519.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $1.1M to $2.4M, median $2.2M; range $12K to $2.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ACUSTAF DEVELOPMENT CORP1$2.6MSep 12, 2025
CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC · $BDX · $19.4B1$2.2MAug 18, 2026
DOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS INC1$12KJun 4, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $BDX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $2.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (3 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $25K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 2 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.